Long Wait!

     
     So I began summer jumping right into CFI flight training. Overall I have learned a lot going through CFI, instead of just having the knowledge you need to learn how to teach the knowledge you learned. The most time consuming part about CFI is developing lesson plans. You can easily find lesson plans on the internets but developing your own helps immensely. It gives you a chance to review all the knowledge you may have forgot since your last check ride. During training the hardest part for me was transitioning back into "the old faithful" Cessna 172; not only had it been over a year since I last flew an aircraft but almost 2 years since flying the 172. Flying from the left seat didn't really help either and it felt like I was learning to fly all over again. I was moving through training a lot slower then I really wanted to be but I knew once I was finished I would be a better pilot than I was before I started.
     Doing my training at a Part 141 school is a little different then flying at a Part 61 school, basically the course is split into three stages, basically at my school stage 1 & 2 are CFI and stage 3 is CFII and each stage has a check ride component attached. Once you complete all three stages you get your CFI and CFII certificate. After finishing Stage 2 and only having the final stage ahead of me was very exciting. Though, it had been slow through Stage 1 & 2 I knew Stage 3 would be easier for me. I was hoping that I could be finished in about three weeks, but alas it wasn't meant to about a day before I started stage 3 training I was riding my bicycle [I secretly want to be the next Greg Lemond] my front tire popped and I went over the handle bars. I ended up taking myself to the hospital and after a few x-rays I ended up having a broken collar bone.
     That incident happened back in August, I ended up going back home to stay with my family since I couldn't fly. I was basically out of commission for two and a half months, I restarted my flight training at the beginning of November from where I left off. Right now I am about a week away from my final check-ride, and in preparation I have a lot of studying to do. I am still guaranteed an interview when I finish, I just hope my school still has an instructor spot available when the time comes. 


Safe Flight.